. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/131 
22 February 2008  
 (08-0792) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF 
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Health 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fruits, vegetables, tea and cereals 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Countries exporting the products concerned to the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, 
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft of Pesticide Residue 
Limits in Foods and Proposed Revocation of Pest icide Residue Limits (Available in English, 
4 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
1 The draft establishes and revises the pesticide MRLs for acequinocyl, acetamiprid, 
bitertanol, boscalid, bupi rimate, captan, chromafenozide, clot hianidin, cyfluthrin, cymoxanil, 
diclomezine, dinotefuran, dithianon, ethephon, famoxadone, ferimzone, fi pronil, fluazinam, 
imazalil, iminoctadine , isoxathion, kresoxim-methyl, meta laxyl. methoxyfenozide, oxamyl, 
pirimicarb, probenazole, pyraclostrobin, sp irodiclofen, tebuconazole, thifluzamide, 
thiadimefon, triadimenol, trifloxystrobin, triflu mizole on fruits, vegetables tea or cereals.  
2. The MRL for the pesticide dithianon on smal l berries is proposed to be revoked since 
the pesiticide could only be used on grapes and wax apples in Chinese Taipei, and the MRL 
of this pesticide on grapes and wax apples is already established.  The MRLs for the pesticide 
fipronil on lotus root and guazatin e on citrus are proposed to be revoked since the use of these 
pesticides on the above-mentione d crops have been cancelled. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    G/SPS/N/TPKM/131 
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  9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Draft of Pesticide 
Residue Limits in Foods (5 February 2008,  Food No. 0970400844 ) available in English from 
the National Notification Authority, National Enqu iry Point, and Department of Health.  The 
amendment will be published in the Official Government Gazette when adopted.  The full 
texts may be downloaded from the following website:  
http://food.doh.gov.tw/english/A cts_Regulations/Proposed.asp
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  7 April 2008 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
 Bureau of Food Safety 
 Department of Health  12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taip ei, Taiwan, Postal Code 100 
 Tel:  +(886 2) 2321 0151 ext 105 
 Fax:  +(886 2) 2392 9723  E-mail:  fsmei@doh.gov.tw 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 Bureau of Food Safety 
 Department of Health  12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taip ei, Taiwan, Postal Code 100 
 Tel:  +(886 2) 2321 0151 ext 105 
 Fax:  +(886 2) 2392 9723  E-mail:  fsmei@doh.gov.tw